New York farmers say Governor Paterson’s crackdown on foreign farm workers and promotion of domestic labor is backfiring, leaving them with a shortage of hands in the fields that they say will lead to crop losses that harvest season. Farmers, who have for years relied on seasonal labor mostly from Jamaica and Mexico obtained through federal guest-worker contracts, say the governor’s office of Labor has disrupted their supply chain in an effort to

force them to hire less experienced domestic…

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